

In October 2014, the line of Steyr AUG/A3-SA semi-automatic rifles was expanded with the launch of the Steyr AUG/A3-M1variant − a commercial version of the AUG/A3-SF assault carbine that was conceived for special forces customers and indeed adopted by the Austrian Special Forces in 2007.Ī 5.56x45mm (.223 Remington) caliber semi-automatic rifle, the Steyr AUG/A3-M1 bull-pup is 100% built at the Steyr Arms' plant in Alabama, and is one of the shortest rifles available to civilian customers today, sporting a 16-inches heavy-profile barrel on an overall 28.15-inches overall lenght − that's at least eight inches shorter of any 16-inch barreled AR15-type civilian-grade carbine on sale on the U.S. The AUG/A3-M1 is 100% built in the United States at the Steyr Arms plant in Bessemer (Alabama)

Established to address to the peculiar needs and demands of the north American gun market, Steyr Arms progressed a lot throughout its history, acquiring significant manufacturing capabilities and know-how (its workforce is trained by master gunsmiths of the Austrian parent company!) to manufacture high quality products that found acceptance and appreciation by civilian, law enforcement and military customers in the United States of America and abroad.Įver since the late 2000s, the Steyr Arms plant has also been manufacturing the Steyr AUG/A3-SA rifle − a highly-improved semi-automatic version of the latest incarnation of Steyr's flagship bull-pup assault rifle, offered on the commercial market as a civilian-grade hunting, sporting and defensive gun as well as to law enforcement agencies as a Police patrol rifle. based subsidiary of the world-famous, Austrian-based Steyr Mannlicher GmbH & Co. Steyr Arms − headquartered in the town of Bessemer, Alabama − is the U.S. The AUG/A3-M1 is the semi-automatic, civilian-grade variant of the hereby pictured AUG/A3-SF assault carbine, targeted to military, law enforcement and special forces customers
